A Romanian teenager, Anna Ursu, has died
from severe burns after touching a live wire
while trying to take a “Selfie” at the roof of a
train.
The teenager and her friend went to a train
station in the Northeastern part of the
country, to take a photograph she intended
to post on Facebook.
While trying to take the picture as she laid
on top of the train and stuck one of her legs
in the air, an electrical field surrounding the
overhead cables sent 27,000 volts through
her body.
As she burst into flames, a passer-by who
saw the horrific accident risked his own life
by scrambling on top of the carriage to
extinguish the girl’s burning clothes before
phoning the emergency services.
The electric charge that hit her body caused
her friend who is 17 year old to fly off the
roof of the stationary train.
Efforts by the passer-by to save Ursu (18yr
old) was aborted as she later died in the
hospital where both teenagers had been
airlifted to with up to 50% of her body burnt.
The friend of the late Ursu is trying to
recover in the hospital. She told
investigators that the pair had wanted to get
the ‘ultimate selfie’ and hadn’t stopped to
think of the danger.
The passer-by who witnessed the accident
explained he had been going for a walk
when he spotted the girls playing on top of
the carriage.
Aware of the dangers of the live wire, the
man said that he called out to the teenagers
to keep their heads and legs down.
However, seconds later he heard a loud bang
and turned to see Miss Ursu burst into
flames.
A hospital spokesman said that although the
girl hadn’t directly touched the wire, she had
come in to contact with its electrical field,
which was very deadly.

Source:
www.channelstv.com/2015/05/14/romanian-teenager-gets-burnt-while-trying-to-take-selfie/